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NashvilleHerald.com Saturday 4th September 2010 Issue 2915
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"This historic moment comes at a time of great uncertainty for many Americans. We have now been through nearly a decade of war. We have endured a long and painful recession. And sometimes in the midst of these storms, the future that we are trying to build for our nation - a future of lasting peace and long-term prosperity - may seem beyond our reach"
Barack Obama
US President Obama was making a national address Tuesday to mark the end of the combat mission in Iraq

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Vandy gets new face on building mural
TN firm faces hefty fine for nuke operation lapses
State says guns-in-bars law does not create workplace hazard

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Erica Rapp: Giving Up The Sport When It's The Last Thing You Want To Do
'Big Brother': Ragan blasts Rachel!
Photo slide show: High school sports: The football season begins
Friday Night Lights: Sports Scores, Video
Malaria drugs - a dose of reality

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Nashville awarded 3 more SEC men's basketball tournaments
Study looks at best spots to plant trees in Nashville
Memphis School Board Commissioners Will Negotiate Payment Plan With City
Franklin Jazz Festival features New Orleans music, food
McWherter makes several stops in East Tennessee

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Northwestern wins, so why can't Vandy?
Why can't Vanderbilt fans expect the same level of success in their football program that Northwestern and several other academically elite universities have...

Spike in drownings prompts push for life jacket use
"None were wearing life jackets," said Greg Thomas, resource manager at the Nashville lake. "We try to get the idea across that wearing your life jacket is like wearing your seat belt. Wearing that...
Eminem award of digital royalties could set precedent
A federal appeals court has sided with rap artist Eminem and his producers in a dispute with Universal Music Group over digital music royalties, a decision that legal experts say could shake up the...
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Food shortage crisis building in many developing countriesFood shortage crisis building in many developing countries
As natural disaster batter the world's agricultural industry, fears are growing that we may be heading into the dark food crisis days of 2007 and...

UN struggling to protect women and children in DRC from rapeUN struggling to protect women and children in DRC from rape
Over 200 women and children have been raped by rebels in the Congo in recent weeks, according to UN...
Plane goes down in UAEPlane goes down in UAE
A plane has crashed in the United Arab Emirates in the city of Dubai, it is unknown how many...
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Greece risks civil war if it does not leave Eurozone, German economist warnsGreece risks civil war if it does not leave Eurozone, German economist warns
An influential German economist, Hans-Werner Sinn, has argued Greece should leave the Eurozone or risk a civil...

Employment figures for August reveal different economy for Obama and RepublicansEmployment figures for August reveal different economy for Obama and Republicans
Obama and Republicans are divided over what the new unemployment data from the Department of Labor means to the economic...
Prices for food soar in Russia Prices for food soar in Russia
Russia's government is holding out on freezing the price of certain food goods as prices continue to...
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bullet Taylor Swift donates #66,600 to build new playground corner

Singer Taylor Swift has donated 66,600 pounds to build a new playground in the Tennessee town where she went to school.

Swift has made to donation to help the ones who have been struggling in the wake of the 2010 floods that swept through Hendersonville.

According to CMT.com, her business manager has suggested that the funds will go toward updating the Kids Kingdom play area, as well as the city's volleyball courts.

"We appreciate Taylor's donation as well as all the others who have stepped up," the Daily Star quoted Hendersonville spokesman Dave LeMarbre as saying.

The old playground would be rebuild rebuilt in early 2011. (ANI)


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    Trevor Salmon: The best approach would be doing less, but in a rather better way
    Editorial: Governing a state of ruins
    Editorial: It's's a small fire, not another massive spill
    Mistrust and the mosque
    It's the 11th Hour for Whidbey forest
    No to 'green' solutions

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    With the departure of US combat troops from Iraq, is the Iraq war now over?


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    Arriving at Bahrain International Airport I followed the signs through to Immigration to have my passport checked, and to buy...


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    Katy Perry is a pillow thief!
    Katy Perry fantasises sleeping with Cheryl Cole
    Janet Jackson eying independent music career
    Snoop wants to reteam with Katy for next album
    Cheryl, Ashley officially divorced